Tennessee wins the 2024 Men's College World Series (2024)

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Tennessee vs. Texas A&M : 2024 Men's College World Series Finals Game 3 highlights

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2:32 am, June 25, 2024

🔸 Good Ol' Rocky Top | Tennessee wins 1st title 🏆

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The Tennessee Volunteers beat Texas A&M in Game 3 of the 2024 Men's College World Series finals, 6-5. With their 60th win of the season, the Vols won the first national title in program history.

in Game 1 of the MCWS finals, then Tennessee completed the come-from-behind feat for the title,using late offense to top the Aggies in Game 2, 4-1, and maintaining an early lead in Game 3. With an RBI and a home run in Game 3, Dylan Dreiling won Most Outstanding Player of the 2024 MCWS. Dreiling also made history as the first player to hit a home run in all three of the MCWS finals games.

The Vols went up 6-1, highlighted by Hunter Ensley's acrobatic slide to avoid Jackson Appel's tag, before the Aggies scored four straight runs in the final two innings to cut the deficit to one. Tennessee closer Aaron Combs finished the job, striking out Ted Burton for the Tennessee victory.

2:14 am, June 25, 2024

📌 Texas A&M tacks on 2

The Aggies get two more on the board with Hayden Schott's RBI single and Caden Sorrell's RBI double, scoring Schott. The scores brought Texas A&M's deficit to three, 6-3.

Keep chipping away!#GigEm x @CadenSorrell x #MCWS pic.twitter.com/9gmfrnK8fV

— Texas A&M Baseball (@AggieBaseball) June 25, 2024

1:41 am, June 25, 2024

🪄 Two-out magic for the Vols

Tennessee conjured three runs with empty bases and two outs in the bottom of the seventh.

Billy Amick singled first, then Dylan Dreiling swatted his third homer in the last three games, sending a no-doubter over the right field wall for two insurance runs.

Hunter Ensley then singled to left and Kavares Tears' double bounced off the centerfield wall to grant Ensley just enough time to round the bases. Watch his slide to the bag to avoid the tag ⤵️

SAFE!!

111 mph off the bat from KT and an incredible slide at home by Hunter to avoid the tag!!!

📺 https://t.co/57mSIippEi (ESPN) #GBO // #OTH // #MCWS // #BeatTAMU pic.twitter.com/7pj5Whlv07

— Tennessee Baseball (@Vol_Baseball) June 25, 2024

12:02 am, June 25, 2024

🤫 Aggies & Vols add RBI hits in the 3rd

Texas A&M centerfielder Travis Chesnut stole third and advanced home on Gavin Grahovac's single to knot the score at 1-1 in the top of the third.

The Vols responded with Dylan Dreiling's sac fly to score Blake Burke at third, granting the Vols the lead again. Dean Curley slammed another RBI single to extend Tennessee's lead, scoring Hunter Ensley. Tennessee finishes the third up 3-1.

Vols add another 🍊#MCWS x 🎥 ESPN / @Vol_Baseball pic.twitter.com/UClScXLioD

— NCAA Baseball (@NCAABaseball) June 25, 2024

10:45 pm, June 24, 2024

Game 3️⃣ lineups

Here are the starters for Game 3 of the 2024 MCWS finals:

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1:01 pm, June 24, 2024

MCWS Game 3️⃣ | The Grand Finale

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This is it. Tonight's game between Texas A&M and Tennessee will determine the 2024 Men's College World Series national champion. The series is tied 1-1 after the Aggies won Game 1, 9-5, and the Vols secured a 4-1 win with a late rally in Game 2. Each team is within reaching distance to claim their program's first-ever national title.

Here's how to keep up with tonight's game:

  • MCWS Final Game 3:
  • ⏰ 7p.m.
  • 📺 ESPN

Check back here for live updates on big plays, scores and more. |Tap here for the full bracket.

9:44 pm, June 23, 2024

🙂‍↕️ Vols force Game 3

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Tennessee held on to its 4-1 lead to force a winner-take-all MCWS Finals Game 3 tomorrow. Two 2-RBI homers in the seventh and eighth innings gave Tennessee the advantage as the Vols held the Aggies scoreless afterJace LaViolette's first-inning homer. Though the Aggies put two runners on in the bottom of the ninth, they were unable to finish the job against Tennessee closer Nate Snead, flying out twice to end the game.

This marks Texas A&M's first loss in the 2024 NCAA tournament — the last time the Aggies had lost a game this season was to Tennessee in the SEC tournament (7-4).

The Aggies and top-seeded Volunteers will face each other once more in Game 3 — the winner will be crowned the 2024 national champion. Tune in tomorrow at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN.

9:05 pm, June 23, 2024

Vols add ✌️

Batting ninth, Cal Stark slammed his first homer at the Men's College World Series with one up and two out. His two-RBI dinger adds security to Tennessee's lead, 4-1, as the Vols continue to fight off elimination in the eighth.

STARK INDUSTRIES 🚀

BANG!

📺 https://t.co/dOromFvTCS (ABC)#GBO // #OTH // #MCWS // #BeatTAMU pic.twitter.com/KhmpL1ZBY3

— Tennessee Baseball (@Vol_Baseball) June 23, 2024

8:53 pm, June 23, 2024

😏 Tennessee takes the lead

The Volunteers struck big in the seventh. After Christian Moore walked and stole second, Dylan Dreiling sent a ball over the right field wall to plate two. Tennessee leads in the top of the 8th, 2-1.

They don't make 'em any more CLUTCH than DYLAN DREILING!

LET'S GOOOO!

📺 https://t.co/dOromFvTCS (ABC)#GBO // #OTH // #MCWS // #BeatTAMU pic.twitter.com/sWK0xhyhWX

— Tennessee Baseball (@Vol_Baseball) June 23, 2024

7:39 pm, June 23, 2024

⚔️ Pitching duel thru 4

Texas A&M escapes bases loaded for the second time before Tennessee's Drew Beam kept it at 1-0 entering the fifth inning.

GOT HIM IN TIME #GigEm x #MCWS pic.twitter.com/caLCBkg6oQ

— Texas A&M Baseball (@AggieBaseball) June 23, 2024

6:59 pm, June 23, 2024

🔥 Drew Beam strikes out the side

After Texas A&M escapes abases-loaded jam, Tennessee pitcher Drew Beam responds by striking out the side. Beam has sat down five straight Aggies heading into the third.

Drew Ks the side in in the second and has struck out five in a row!

📺 https://t.co/dOromFvTCS (ABC)#GBO // #OTH // #MCWS // #BeatTAMU pic.twitter.com/N4VjdgbTWF

— Tennessee Baseball (@Vol_Baseball) June 23, 2024

5:53 pm, June 23, 2024

MCWS Finals Game 2️⃣ Lineups

Here are the lineups for Game 2 between Texas A&M and Tennessee. The Aggies won 9-5 last night and will look to close out the series today. Tennessee is looking to force a winner-take-all Game 3 tomorrow.

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3:36 am, June 23, 2024

💪 Texas A&M takes Game 1

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Despite Tennessee's effort to gain runs back in the final innings, Texas A&M's massive third inning and lockdown defense sealed its Game 1 win, 9-5. The Aggies set the tone with a leadoff homer from Gavin Grahovac and didn't let off the gas in the third, plating five with Kaeden Kent's two-RBI single as the exclamation point. The Aggies did not err once defensively as the Vols racked up three errors, one resulting in an A&M RBI. Evan Aschenbeck secured the win, pitching 2.2 innings while striking out seven and allowing two hits and no walks.

The teams face off in Game 2 of the MCWS finals at 2 p.m. ET Sunday on ABC.

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